This chapter is shortter. Sorry about that.
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Chapter 6- Yami's Confusion
Several months has slowly passed by, and very little had happened in that time.
No one was taking a chance with Heba, though. They still feared that Vivian and her father would try to do something, and no one wanted to risk something like that.
Yuugi had been one of the most alert, not letting her guard down for instant.
In the time since Yuugi had come to the palace, Yami had grown uncertain of himself now. He had thought that he was strictly gay before, but since he had met Yuugi, he couldn't deny being attracted to her, and that was what really threw him for a loop.
"Checkmate." Yuugi said.
"Damn it! Not again!" Yami exclaimed.
Yuugi laughed. "Well, maybe if you would concentrate, you would win." Yuugi chided.
Yami grinned. "I know that, Yuugi." Yami said.
"Then why don't you try concentrating for once?" Yuugi asked.
"I really don't know." Yami replied.
"Anyway, I'd better be going. I know that I promised Atemu I would stay with Heba while you were all in the meeting." Yuugi said.
"Yeah. Heba's rather fat right now." Yami said.
"Hey! Leave him alone. That's your niece or nephew that he's going to be having." Yuugi said.
"I know that. It doesn't mean that I can't tease him." Yami said.
Yuugi rolled her eyes before she walked out of the room.
Yami let out a groan once she was out of sight. 'I don't understand this. I know that I am completely gay, so why I am I constantly thinking about her?' Yami asked himself.
Yuugi knocked on the door to Atemu and Heba's room.
"Come in!" Atemu called.
Yuugi opened the door and walked in. She was startled to see Heba glaring at Atemu. "Um, am I interrupting something?" Yuugi asked.
"No." Atemu said at the same time Heba said, "Yes."
"Okay. What is going on here?" Yuugi asked.
"He is being overprotective." Heba answered.
"I'm being cautious." Atemu retorted.
"I don't need a babysitter!" Heba snapped.
Atemu rolled his eyes. "Heba, I know that Vivian won't give up that easily, and I am certainly not going to risk you or the baby to that bitch's twisted ideas." Atemu said.
"I can take care of myself." Heba argued.
"Yes, but you can't move as fast as you used to, and you probably couldn't fight off a man that Vivian sent, and she's not stupid enough to do it herself, so you're stuck with having someone baby-sit." Atemu said.
Heba glared at him.
Atemu remained unfazed by this and kissed Heba on the cheek before he left the room.
"Problems?" Yuugi asked.
"I wish that man would stop treating me like that. I can take care of myself." Heba said.
"Heba, you know as well as I do that the magic we have is weakened when we are pregnant. You are weakened right now, so you need to be more careful. I know that she will try something else, and I don't think it would be wise to take any chances with her, Heba." Yuugi said, sitting down on the bed.
"I know that, Yuugi, but it's just so annoying. I hate that people are having to drop what they're doing for me." Heba said.
"Heba, I don't have anything to do." Yuugi said.
Heba smiled. "Yeah. I guess you're right." Heba agreed.
After Court was dealt with, Yami walked out into the gardens. 'I just don't understand. Why do I feel this way toward Yuugi? I mean, she's a girl, and I feel attracted her.' Yami thought.
For several years, Yami had known about his preference for men, so he couldn't understand why he would be attracted to Yuugi.
'This is so frustrating. I wish I understood what it is that I feel toward her. I don't get it. How can I be falling for a girl when I am gay?' Yami asked himself.
He really didn't understand and needed to talk to someone. 'I can't believe that I am going to do this.' Yami thought before he headed back into the palace.
Aknankanon growled. "This is getting ridiculous." Aknankanon said.
Amara looked over at her husband, who was sitting at the desk in the room looking over different documents that the council had given him. "You know that this is the price for being the king." Amara said.
"I know that. I just hate when I have to work all day to do this." Aknankanon said.
Amara smiled. She had seen him this frustrated before.
There was a knock on the door.
"If that's a member of the council with something else for me to read over, I'm killing him." Aknankanon said.
Amara got up and went to answer the door. She was surprised to find Yami outside. "Yami, what are doing here?" Amara asked.
"Mother, I'm sorry for disturbing you, but I was wanting to talk to you and Father about something." Yami said.
"Come on in, Yami." Aknankanon said.
Yami walked into the room, and Amara closed the door.
"Father, am I disturbing you?" Yami asked, noticing the piles of papers.
"I was looking for a reason to take a break from all this. I don't mind this in the least." Aknankanon said.
"What's on your mind, Yami?" Amara asked, sitting on the bed.
"Um, well, I have a little bit of a problem, and I was hoping that maybe you two could help me figure it out." Yami said.
"We will try. What is the problem?" Aknankanon asked.
"Well, it's Yuugi." Yami said.
"Yuugi? What has she done?" Amara asked.
"It's nothing that she has done. It's just that, well, you both know that I prefer men like Atemu." Yami said.
"Yes, we know, and we told you that it's okay." Aknankanon said.
"I know, it's just that, well, I think that I'm sorta attracted to Yuugi." Yami said.
"Attracted to her?" Aknankanon asked.
Yami nodded. "I don't get why I am attracted to her, though. I know that I'm gay, but I keep having these feelings." Yami said.
"What feelings?" Amara asked.
"I don't know. I feel comfortable when I'm around her. We joke, laugh, and play games all the time. She's just easy for me to talk to, and I'm finding myself thinking about her a great deal. When I'm not around her, I find myself missing her company." Yami said.
Amara smiled. "Sounds like someone has fallen in love." Amara said.
"And that's the problem!" Yami exclaimed.
Aknankanon frowned. "Why is falling in love with Yuugi so bad?" Aknankanon asked.
"Father, I know that I am gay, and I don't get why I am attracted to her. I mean, why would I be attracted to someone that's female." Yami said.
"Yami, I know that you are gay, but there is something that I think you need consider." Amara said.
"What's that?" Yami asked.
"Maybe for the most part you do prefer men, but I think that you have found your exception. Yuugi may be the only girl that you are attracted to." Amara said.
"I just don't get why it happened." Yami said.
"It's because you fell for whom Yuugi is, not what she looks like." Aknankanon said.
Yami sighed. "I am still confused." Yami said.
"We know that, Yami, but you seem to have found your one exception. Besides, I think that Yuugi is a wonderful girl that you ought to give chance." Amara said.
"I don't know." Yami said a little doubtfully.
"Just give her a chance, Yami. You may find out that things could work with her." Aknankanon said.
Yuugi was walking down the hall of the palace. 'I don't know why, but I get the feeling that something bad is going to happen.' Yuugi thought.
"The same thought has occurred to us as well." the male voice from before said.
"You must be prepared for anything, Yuugi. We do not know what is going to happen, but you must be prepared for whatever it is." the female voice from before said.
'I will be.' Yuugi assured them.
Yuugi knew that whatever was going to go wrong would go wrong soon, and she knew that when it did, that everything was going to come out.
"MOTHER! FATHER!"
The sudden shout form Atemu had Amara, Aknankanon, and Yami running form the room.
"Atemu, what wrong?!" Amara cried, seeing her son's distressed features.
"It's Heba! He's gone! Someone kidnapped him!" Atemu exclaimed.
"What?!" Yami exclaimed.
"Atemu, are you sure that he didn't just leave the room?" Aknankanon asked.
"No. The room was ransacked." Atemu said.
"Guards!" Aknankanon shouted.
Two guards immediately ran up.
"Heba's been kidnapped. Sound the alarm. I want the entire kingdom searched until he is found." Aknankanon ordered.
The two guards immediately laughed.
"We need to get the other priests. I'm having them lead the search." Aknankanon said.
Yuugi approached. "What happened?" Yuugi asked.
"Heba was kidnapped." Atemu said.
Yuugi gasped. 'No. It happened.' Yuugi thought.
"Finally. We have the bastard." Vivian said.
"Why don't we kill him now?" Wong asked, itching to kill him.
"No. We need him alive." Aman said.
"What is you plan?" Vivian asked.
Aman smirked. "We'll wait until he has the baby. It won't be long, and then you'll take the baby and claim that it is Atemu's. If he won't marry you because of the law, we will reveal that we have Heba, and that if he doesn't marry you, he'll die. Of course, we'll kill him after the marriage anyway." Aman said.
Wong smirked. "Of course. That bastard is Atemu's weakness." Wong said.
"Yes! Soon, I will be queen." Vivian said, an evil gleam in her eyes.
None knew that they had just started a war with something they couldn't handle.
After several days of a fruitless search, Yuugi made a decision. She had a good idea of where Heba was, and she knew that she had to act now.
"Yami." Yuugi said, approaching Yami.
"We haven't found him." Yami said, thinking that was why Yuugi came to his room.
"I know. I think I know where he is, and what may happen." Yuugi said.
"How?" Yami asked.
Yuugi pushed Yami into his room and closed the door. "Yami, there's a lot more to me and Heba than you know. We aren't what we seem. I can't explain now. I know that Heba has had the baby." Yuugi said.
"How?" Yami asked.
"Yami, there is no time. I can help save Heba, but we're going to have to act fast." Yuugi said.
"Should I just accept that there's more to you two than I know and not ask questions until later?" Yami asked.
"Yes. I know that this will be hard, but for Heba's sake and Atemu's sake, we must do this." Yuugi said.
"Yuugi, whatever needs to be done, let's do. I am not going to let anyone hurt them." Yami said.
Yuugi held out her hand and said, "Give me your hand."
Yami did as he was told and gripped Yuugi's hand in his.
Had it not been for the seriousness of the situation, Yami would have felt giddy about holding Yuugi's hand.
In a flash of gold, Yuugi and Yami vanished from the room.
Hope you liked it. This was setting up for the next couple of chapters.
Next chapter is about Vivian and her father trying to pass Hbea's baby off as hers and them being found out. Yuugi and Yami also find Heba and get back to the palace.
R&R.